Earlier in the week, a blogger at Salon tried to discourage progressives from joining forces with Libertarians at this event — perhaps scared that progressives might be tempted to take a look at more of our libertarian principles?

Anthony Gregory of the Independent Institute did a fine job pointing out, "If there is any hope in beating back the surveillance state, it will surely require more than a fringe coalition of Democrats."

I often encourage running for office as a Libertarian to get our message out. But another great way Libertarians can promote change is to join forces with people on the left or right on specific issues where we agree.

The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, founded in 1971. Our vision is for a world in which all individuals can freely exercise the natural right of sole dominion over their own lives, liberty and property by building a political party that elects Libertarians to public office, and moving public policy in a libertarian direction.